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Brian Simms KC

Brian Simms KC

Lennox Paton, Bahamas

Work Department

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Insolvency & Restructuring  Trusts & Foundations Private Client

Position

Brian Simms KC is the Senior Partner of the firm and the head of its Litigation and Insolvency and Restructuring Groups.  Brian is one of the Bahamas’ leading advocates and he has vast experience in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in addition to having appeared a number of times in the Privy Council.

He was made a Queen’s Counsel in 2009 and is instructed in the most substantial Bahamian and international offshore cases.

The legal directories continually rank Brian as a tier one litigator and praise him for the quality of his work and expertise in commercial litigation, trust disputes, insolvency and fraud cases.  Brian has been described by clients as “A top offshore Silk” and “The best litigation lawyer in the Bahamas”.

Career

Brian attended both McGill University and Exeter University. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of for International Legal Studies. Appointed Queens Counsel in 2009 Acting Judge of the Bahamas Supreme Court 2015

Memberships

Member of the Bahamas Bar Association Previous Member of the Bahamas Bar Council Member of the Bahamas Constitutional Commission Overseas Member of the English Chancery Bar INSOL

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